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“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson

“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson

by External Article | Nov 6, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Client, For Professional Caregivers, Housing | 0 comments

The category that the Census calls “health care and social assistance” is the largest sector of employment in the country, accounting for about one in seven jobs nationwide. It encompasses hospitals, clinics, labs, long-term care facilities, home care, and social work...
Familism is Making our Latinx Caregivers Sick

Familism is Making our Latinx Caregivers Sick

by Guest Author | Jan 30, 2020 | Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Finding Caregiver Support, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation | 3 comments

The tradition of keeping everything in the family is an amiable labor of love, but it is making our Spanish speaking caregivers In America ill. Familism is affecting our Latinx caregiver’s mental and physical health negatively. “ Familism refers to the value of the...
Who Cares

Who Cares

by External Article | Oct 30, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Parent, For Professional Caregivers, The Paid Perspective | 0 comments

Nurses must meet the complex and diverse needs of the people they care for—washing, dressing, meal times, medication, counselling, liaising with social services—at the expense of lunch breaks and evenings. Feelings of guilt and panic pervade the working day. If you...
8 Guidelines for Improved Communication Skills: A New CNA’s Guide

8 Guidelines for Improved Communication Skills: A New CNA’s Guide

by Guest Author | Dec 5, 2018 | Caring for a Client, For Professional Caregivers | 0 comments

By developing your communication skills, you would also achieve all of the following: Develop a clarity of thought and voice as never before Enjoy more meaningful interpersonal relationships with your patients Move upwards with higher recognition at work Reap the...

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